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Originally Posted by Redrum
Do you mean overly patient? How is taking away his starting job impatient? Anyway it's hard to figure him out. He does seem much more skilled than Ramo or Mac. Reflexes, rebound control, reading the play, puck handling, but it seems like he loses sight of the puck easily or has trouble with traffic.
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Right now all the losses are on him. Why not share the burden and let him breathe for a game here and there? A couple of weeks more of this and lots of people will be ready to write him off entirely.
What will determine his long term success is his mental strength, not his physical attributes. We know nothing about that yet. He has not played top level hockey in his career before now. Being patient means giving him time rather than trying to force it.
Right now it looks like they're trying to force him to make the coaching staff look good. I don't like the situation either for him or Rämö.